How to Prepare for the Test

Your health care provider will tell you what to do. You will be told when to stop
drinking and eating before the test.

Give your provider a list of all the medicines you take (prescription and over-the-counter),
herbs, and supplements. You will be told when you can take these. Some need to be
stopped a week before the test. Ask your provider which medicines you should take
on the morning of surgery.

Since you will not be able to drive or return to work on the day of this test, you
will need someone to take you home.

How the Test will Feel

Before this test you will get medicine through an IV to help you relax (a sedative).
You may fall asleep or not remember the test. Some people feel the test is slightly
uncomfortable.

For the first hour after this test, you may feel sleepy and unable to drink or walk.
You may have a sore throat. Air or carbon dioxide gas may have been put in your digestive
tract during the test to move the tube more easily. This may make you feel bloated,
but this feeling will go away.

When you are fully awake, you can be taken home. Rest that day. You may have fluids
and light meals.